Augusta amalia bekgman



No. 752,817. 'PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.-

A. 'A. BBRGMANi- BHONOGRAPH TABLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Iatented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PHONOGRAPH-TABLE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,817, dated February23, 1904.

Application filed March 3, 1903.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA AMALIA BERG- MAN, a subject of the King ofSweden and Norway, residing at Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Tables; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a kind of table arranged in a practicalmanner for carrying a phonograph and which is provided with a number ofapertures or recesses in which the phonograph-cylinders are kept. Therecesses are intended to hold one cylinder each and are so lined insidethat the cylinders are perfectly protected against destruction. Byproviding these recesses for the phonograph-cylinders in the table onwhich the phonograph is placed the cylinders are made easily accessiblefor insertion into the phonograph. The phonograph-table at the same timeis an ornamental piece of furniture for the drawing-room.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. 7

Figure 1 shows the phonograph-table partially in a vertical section online a b of Fig. 2'

and having a phonograph placed thereon. Fig. 2 shows a horizontalsection on line 0 (Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the phonograph-table viewedfrom above, the phonograph being removed. Fig. 4 shows a detail asexplained below.

The table is provided with a heavy top 1, in which are made verticalholes or recesses 2 for the phonograph-cylinders. The walls of theserecesses are lined with some soft material for instance, plush orfelting-by which the cylinders cannot possibly be injured. The recesses2 are covered by a. thin disk 3, located on the top 1 of the table. Thedisk 3 is composed of three parts, the two outer ones of which can befolded up, being for this purpose attached by hinges to the middle one,which is rotatable about a central post 4, ascending from the top 1. Thecylinders placed in 5 0 the recesses 2 are thus easily accessible. The

Serial No. 1 15,1917. (No model.)

post 4: carries or forms the foot of a smaller table or shelf 5, whichis suitably provided with two drawers. The phonograph is placed on thistable or shelf 5, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: shows a vertical sectionof the smaller table or shelf 5 on line 6 f of Fig. 3. Let into thistable or shelf 5 on the upper side is a removable frame 6, into whichthe base-plate of the phonograph is deposited, so that the phonographstands steadily. For the frame 6 other frames can be substituted adaptedto different sizes of base-plates of the phonographs. The drawers in thetable or shelf 5 can be used, for instance, for storing appurtenances ofthe phonograpln In the phonograph-table'shown in the drawings there arefifty recesses 2 for phonographcylinders; but evidently agreater orsmaller number of recesses can be provided, if found necessary. Besideeach recess 2 an inscription can be made indicating the piece of musicor the like contained in the phonograph-cylinder kept in the respectiverecesses. (See Fig. 3, where a piece of the covering-disk 3 is cut away,leaving a few of the recesses 2 with inscriptions visible.)

I claim- 1. In a phonograph-table, the combination with a heavy top 1supported on a foot and provided with vertical recesses 2 having theirwalls lined with some soft material and serving to receive the cylindersbelonging to a phonograph, of a thin covering-disk .3 located above thetop 1 so as to cover the recesses 2 and which disk is horizontallyrotatable about the center of the table and composed of three parts thetwo outer ones of which can be folded up, being for this purposeattached by means of hinges to the central part, for the purpose setforth.

'2. In a phonograph-table, the combination with a heavy top 1 supportedon a foot and provided with vertical recesses 2 having their walls linedwith some soft material, and serving to receive the cylinders belongingto a phonograph, of a thin covering-disk 3 located above the top 1 so asto cover the recesses 2 and which disk is horizontally rotatable aboutthe center of the table and composed of three parts the two outer onesof which can be folded up, being for this purpose attached by means ofhinges to the central part, and a smaller shelf 5 provided with drawers,said shelf being intended for carrying the phono- 5 graph and having afoot consisting of a central post 4 ascending from the heavy top 1 andabout which the thin covering-disk 3 is rotatable, for the purpose setforth.

3. In a phonograph-table, the combination I with a heavy top 1 supportedon a foot and provided with vertical recesses 2 having their walls linedwith some soft material, and serving to receive the cylinders belongingto a phonograph, of a thincovering-disk 3 located 5 above the top '1 soas to cover the recesses 2 and which disk is horizontally rotatableabout the center of the table and composed of three parts the two outerones of which can be folded up, beingfor this purpose attached by meansof hinges to the central part, and a 20 smaller shelf 5 provided withdrawers, said shelf being intended for'carrying the phono-v graph andhaving a foot consisting of a central post 4 ascending from the heavytop 1 and about which the thin covering-disk 8 is 5 rotatable, and aframe 6 removably let into the smaller shelf 5 and in which thebase-plate of the phonograph is deposited, for the purpose set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 3

